Settings
Settings & Options, or press F8 key...
General tab..
Minimize to systray: If application is minimized, you can restore it from systray.Default is unchecked.
Remember last active folder: At FontExplorerL.M. startup it open up last active folder in Browse..>Folders view. Default is checked.
Show hidden folders: Shows all folders in Browse..>Folders view, even if folder attributes include" hidden".Default is unchecked.
Hide splash screen: Hide FontExplorerL.M. startup splash screen.Default is unchecked.
Refresh database automatically
If this option is checked, any font management action is automatically recorded into the database.Default is checked.
Unload loaded fonts on exit
If this option is checked, fonts loaded with FontExplorerL.M. will be unloaded on FontExplorerL.M. exit, else loaded fonts will be loaded into system until you reboot windows.Default is checked.
Font Management tab...
Install fonts to folder..
Windows fonts folder:
During the font installation, font file will be copied into the Windows\Fonts folder. Font ExplorerL.M. add registry entries for Windows\Fonts location.
Leave it in default font file folder:
FontExplorerL.M. only add registry entries for current location.At next Windows startup, font will be loaded from this location.
Note: If you delete that file manually from Windows, registry entries will not be removed.
Your Folder...
"Your folder" and add registry entries for new location.At next Windows startup, font will be loaded from this location.Default folder for this option is <path to FontExplorerL.M.>\Installed Fonts.
Note: If you delete that file or entire folder manually from Windows, registry entries will not be removed.
Uninstalled fonts move to..
Uninstalled fonts folder: move file into the <path to FontExplorerL.M.> \Uninstalled
Recycle bin: move file into the Recycle Bin after Uninstall procedure.
Note: All deleted fonts are moved into the Recycle Bin.
If you check this option, all changes in font management will be saved into the program settings.ini file.Otherwise, changes will affect only for current FontExplorerL.M. session. Default is unchecked
Repair tab...
Repair database..
Helps you to clean your font database of invalid entries.
Repair registry..
Helps you to clean or repair your font registry of invalid entries.
Repair Collections..
Helps you to clean or repair your font collections of invalid entries or fix errors in collection tree.
Text tab...
Save Sample text: save currently active text sample as default.Default is checked.
Horizontal scrollbar:
Gradient selected color: Set gradient color for selected font from Samples view. Default is checked.
Sample text preview mode: Select sample text preview mode: Standard -Left to Right, or Reversed - Right to Left (Arabian, Hebrew,..). Default is Standard preview.
Shows sample text within grid lines.
Show if font is included in Collections: Very usefully option when you organizing your fonts into collections. It helps you in bulk of fonts to detect if font is already included in collection. When this option is checked, fonts listing will be a bit slower then usual. It's recommended to uncheck this option when you finishing fonts organization into collections.